Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Convocation Ceremony of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan
I am happy to be present here today on the occasion of the Convocation of the sixth batch of the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan’s Institute of Communication and Management, Bhubaneshwar.

It is an honour for me to be present here today for the International Literacy Day, 2013. I compliment the National Literacy Mission Authority for organizing the celebrations marking this important occasion.
I am indeed delighted to meet you today to participate in this award ceremony.
It gives me immense pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to you all to the Inaugural Session of the 31st Meeting of Ministers of Health and 66th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-E
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am happy to be here to inaugurate this Engineers Conclave 2013 being held for the first time in our country.
At the very outset, I would like to congratulate Shri Khamliana and Shri Mohammad Abdul Bari and the Foundation for Amity and Solidarity, New Delhi.
I consider it my good fortune to be here today to inaugurate the new hospital building of Jagadguru Sri Shiva-rathreeshwara (JSS) Maha-vidya-peetha. The JSS Maha-vidya-peetha was set up in 1954 by Dr.
It gives me immense pleasure to be amongst you on the occasion of the celebrations of the Centenary of Indian Cinema, being organized jointly by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFC).